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FREE JULIAN ASSANGE                                The United States has issued a non-assurance in relation to the First Amendment, and a standard assurance in relation to the death penalty. It makes no undertaking to withdraw the prosecution's previous assertion that Julian has no First Amendment rights because he is not a U.S citizen. Instead, the US has limited itself to blatant weasel words claiming that Julian can "seek to raise" the First Amendment if extradited. The diplomatic note does nothing to relieve our family's extreme distress about his future -- his grim expectation of spending the rest of his life in isolation in US prison for publishing award-winning journalism. The Biden Administration must drop this dangerous prosecution before it is too late.   https://twitter.com/Stella_Assange/status/1780258878237667377    

globinfo freexchange   The International Court of Justice heard oral arguments from Nicaragua, which has brought a case against Germany alleging that in providing political, financial & military support to Israel, Germany is facilitating the commission of genocide & has failed in its obligation to prevent genocide.   Nicaragua also alleges Germany is facilitating Israel's serious breaches of IHL & other peremptory norms of general international law in Gaza, including Palestinians' right to self-determination and right to not be subjected to a regime of apartheid. Nicaragua has requested provisional measures against Germany, including an order that Germany shall: -- immediately suspend aid to Israel, in particular military assistance; -- immediately make efforts to ensure that weapons already delivered are not used to facilitate genocide; -- reverse its decision to defund UNRWA; -- cooperate to bring to an end the serious breaches of peremptory norms of internationa

The Grayzone   The Grayzone 's Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate discuss the collapse of Washington's so-called "rules-based order" as Beltway operatives like Secretary of State Tony Blinken enable Israeli aggression while whining about the obstinacy and opposition of global south nations.  

A uniquely Ukrainian strain of Neo-Nazism is spreading throughout Europe, which openly advocates violence against minorities while seeking new recruits. With Kiev’s army collapsing and a narrative of Western betrayal gaining currency, the horror inflicted on residents of Donbas for a decade could very soon be coming to a city near you.   by Kit Klarenberg   Part 1 Centuria, an ultra-violent Ukrainian Neo-Nazi faction, has cemented itself in six cities across Germany, and is seeking to expand its local presence. According to Junge Welt , a Berlin-based Marxist daily, the Nazi organization’s growth has been “ unhindered by local security services. ” Junge Welt traces Centuria’s origins to an August 2020 Neo-Nazi summit “ at the edge of a forest near Kiev. ” There, an ultranationalist named Igor “Tcherkas” Mikhailenko demanded the “ hundreds of mostly masked vigilante fighters present, ” who were members Kiev’s fascistic National Militia, “ make sacrifices for the idea of ‘Greater Ukraine

Geopolitical Economy Report   Israel attacked Iran's embassy in Syria on April 1, in a blatant act of war. Iran had a legal right to respond in self-defense, according to article 51 of the UN Charter, which is exactly what it did by launching missiles and drone strikes on April 13. But Western governments are absurdly portraying Tehran as the aggressor. Ben Norton explains.  

🚨🇮🇷 IRAN BOMBS: - Military Targets 🚨🇮🇱 ISRAEL BOMBS: - Innocent Civilians - Universities - Aid Workers - Journalists - Places of worship - Hospitals - Businesses - Refugee Camps - Food Supply - Markets - Water Supply - Homes - Infrastructure - Libraries - Shelter Zones — Jackson Hinkle 🇺🇸 (@jacksonhinklle) April 14, 2024

globinfo freexchange   Iran's IRGC announced in a statement the launch of dozens of drones and missiles toward occupied territories and positions of the Zionist regime.   #Israel has seek to attack #Iran for years. Countless attempts to show Iran as a "threat to world peace" and even claims that Iran wants a new holocaust. Netanyahu, a rabid dog without a leash, is literally dragging MENA into an unprecedented conflict, blessed by the White House. pic.twitter.com/q1jmMaKrUL — Carlos Latuff (@LatuffCartoons) April 14, 2024 US Defence Secretary calls on #Iran to de-escalate. US does not seek war with Iran BS. Then rein in the #Zionist attack dog! Telling Iran to de-escalate is just preparing the world to blame Iran when #Israel strikes #Iran in "self defence" 🙄 pic.twitter.com/jwJGJ0rlZR — vanessa beeley (@VanessaBeeley) April 14, 2024 Israel’s Iron Dome is being hammered by the wave of Iran’s🇮🇷 drones and missiles. It is expected that once Israe

globinfo freexchange   The long repression of pro-Palestinian voices in Germany reached a peak last Friday. In an unprecedented action, German police shut down the Palestine Congress, a vital event to unite activists around a ceasefire for Gaza. They detained participants, including Jewish activists; they deported a Palestinian speaker. And then they banned Yanis Varoufakis, not only from making political speeches in Germany, but also from doing so over Zoom (!). These authoritarian moves make it clear: Germany is intent on silencing anyone who speaks out against its complicity in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza.   Yanis Varoufakis BANNED by Germany's Interior Ministry from carrying out any political activity in Germany. They're so desperate to silence anyone who dares speak out against Germany's complicity in the ongoing genocide in Gaza. But DiEM25 and @mera25_de will never be silenced! pic.twitter.com/vr6b1OGPqX — DiEM25 (@DiEM_25) April 13, 2024 German democracy

DiEM25   The speech on Palestine by Yanis Varoufakis that German police banned today when they stormed the building where the Palestine Congress was being held in Berlin.    Free Palestine! 

The U.S. House on Friday passed legislation to expand a major mass spying authority after voting down a bipartisan push to attach a search warrant requirement to the heavily abused surveillance law. The bill to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) for two years passed by a vote of 273-147, with 59 Democrats and 88 Republicans voting no. More Democrats voted for the bill than Republicans. With Section 702 set to expire next Friday, the legislation now heads to the U.S. Senate. "Despite a litany of abuse—improper snooping on protesters, lawmakers, thousands of campaign donors, and journalists—the House today wrote the FBI and intelligence agencies a blank check to keep misusing FISA Section 702," said Jake Laperruque, deputy director on surveillance at the Center for Democracy & Technology.  Full report: https://www.commondreams.org/news/house-dems-gop-team-up-to-expand-warrantless-spying-on-americans Related: "Training" soci